This close pairing of Janus and Epimetheus shows the two moons at “high phase,” meaning that only a thin sliver of sunlit terrain is visible on each moon. Portions of each are also lit feebly by ...

Outside the soft edge of Cassini’s F ring, Epimetheus and Janus negotiate their nearly-shared orbit. The two moons’ orbits are typically about 50 kilometers (30 miles) apart, and the moons actually ...

A new diffuse ring, coincident with the orbits of Saturn's moons Janus and Epimetheus, has been revealed in ultra-high phase angle views from Cassini. The new ring is visible in this image (marked by ...

The Cassini spacecraft just had a few close encounters with some of the odder moons in the Saturn system… and given how weird Saturn is, that’s saying something. I was particularly enthralled with ...

Yes, we’re all crying that the Cassini mission is coming to an end at Saturn this Friday. But before it goes, we’re getting treated to plenty of amazing images from the little spacecraft that could.

TORONTO, ON - After centuries of looking with awe and wonder at the beauty of Saturn and its rings, we can now listen to them, thanks to the efforts of astrophysicists at the University of Toronto (U ...